Foreign student drought smashes Melbourne CBD apartment market
Public records reveal dozens of inner-city apartments have been sold in recent months at a substantial loss.
- by Rachel Wells
Latest
Geelong Grammar offloads two Toorak properties in midst of pandemic
Victoria’s most expensive school, Geelong Grammar, sold off two neighbouring multimillion-dollar properties, in the same street as its Toorak campus, in the midst of Victoria’s strict lockdown.
- by Rachel Wells
Why you should ditch the term 'social distancing'
While no one is questioning the need for social distancing to slow the spread of COVID-19, an increasing number of experts are concerned the use of the phrase could lead to a widespread health problem of another kind.
- by Rachel Wells
'It's never been this busy ever': Peninsula businessman slams 'selfish' tourists
Residents in some of Victoria's most popular tourist destinations are begging holidaymakers to stay at home.
- by Rachel Wells and Noel Towell
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Coronavirus pandemic
Pressure mounts on Health Minister to apologise to coronavirus GP
The Australian Medical Association has joined a growing rank of doctors furious with Ms Mikakos for criticising Dr Chris Higgins.
- by Sumeyya Ilanbey and Rachel Wells
Monash Freeway closed, man fighting for life following high-speed crash
The Monash Freeway inbound has been closed to all traffic and a man is fighting for his life after a car crashed into a truck at Narre Warren this morning.
- by Tate Papworth and Rachel Wells
No need for face masks says Australia's chief medical officer, as Victoria braces for pandemic
Professor Brendan Murphy said there had been no community transmission of coronavirus in Australia but warnings have been issued in Victoria about an 'inevitable' pandemic.
- by Jennifer Duke, Rachel Wells and Tate Papworth
A new self-help finance book is teaching Australians to buy time not things
The author of a new personal finance book believes time is more valuable than money because "once it’s gone, you’ll never get it back".
- by Rachel Wells
'I could have saved him': Family of Sunbury grandfather shot after wedding speaks out
The family of a Sunbury grandfather shot outside his home in the early hours of Saturday morning say they fear for their safety as a masked gunman and his accomplice remain on the run.
- by Rachel Wells
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Crime
Slaying in Lower Templestowe: son finds father's body after weapon attack
Homicide detectives said the man was killed "under very violent circumstances. It's extremely disturbing."
- by Rachel Wells and Ashleigh McMillan
If Millennials really are having less sex, why would that be?
The phenomenon is recognised widely enough to have been dubbed the "sex recession".
- by Rachel Wells
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